CMills

"Another Day As a Soldier"

This corpse covered land cannot be real
Every morning its the same thing over and over again
Running to dodge the bullets fired
And watching another friend suffer and die
Seeing the looks of the lost hope on the soldiers' faces
Terrified of never seeing home and the people in it again



I hear a noise...
A colored fog fills the air choking me
I can not see
I can not breathe



My skin is burning with an unbearable pain
I reach for my mask but it is not there
I can not just give up and stop fighting for my life now
I have come this far
I try to run
But i can not feel my legs



I have to look at their faces one last time
I can not die, not today
I see the men at the end of the fog
I am getting closer
I can almost reach out and touch them



I am with the other soldiers at last!
But this does not look like those rat infested trenches
And the sky is not dreary and pooring rain



I look around and see the soldiers who i had seen die
Everything is so bright and glorious
The soldiers are smiling
Were not in hell anymore.